kq-Resolutions I

Abstract: Let

k q

denote the very effective cover of Hermitian K-theory. We apply the

k q

-based motivic Adams spectral sequence, or

k q

-resolution, to computational motivic stable homotopy theory. Over base fields of characteristic not two, we prove that the

n

-th stable homotopy group of motivic spheres is detected in the first

n

lines of the

k q

-resolution, thereby reinterpreting results of Morel and R{"o}ndigs-Spitzweck-{O}stv{ae}r in terms of

k q

and

k q

-cooperations. Over algebraically closed fields of characteristic 0, we compute the ring of

k q

-cooperations modulo

v_{1}

-torsion, establish a vanishing line of slope

1 / 5

in the

E_{2}

-page, and completely determine the

0

- and

1

- lines of the

k q

-resolution. This gives a full computation of the

v_{1}

-periodic motivic stable stems and recovers Andrews and Miller's calculation of the

e t a

-periodic

m a t h b b C

-motivic stable stems. We also construct a motivic connective

j

spectrum and identify its homotopy groups with the

v_{1}

-periodic motivic stable stems. Finally, we propose motivic analogs of Ravenel's Telescope and Smashing Conjectures and present evidence for both.

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